Pasadena Star News - Here's How Metro Wants to Spend $120 Billion in Your Tax Money for Transportation (if You Approve it)

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By Steve Scauzillo

Metro unveiled an ambitious transportation plan Friday, proposing to use $120 billion from a possible future sales tax to build numerous projects, including a rail line to Las Vegas, extension of the Gold Line Foothill to Claremont and a train or freeway tunnel under Sepulveda Pass.

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Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, praised Metro for including top-priority funding for the Gold Line Foothill extension from Azusa to Claremont, calling the March 5 opening of the Pasadena-to-Azusa line a success.

"I am thrilled that L.A. Metro agrees with the potential benefits in continuing with this expansion, especially given the projected regional growth in the coming years," Chu wrote in a prepared statement Friday.

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